232 Apples. 



Growth of tree and fruit resemble that of Fall Pippin, but \\ 

 keeps longer. 



WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN. Rather large, conical, angular or 

 ribbed ; light yellowish green, with a brownish red cheek ; stem 

 short ; flesh whitish, fine grained, with a mild sub-acid, rich, fine 

 flavor. This is distinct from the Michael Henry Pippin, which it 

 resembles, and at the West is one of the best and most productive 

 winter apples. 



Winter Cheese. (Green Cheese.) Medium in size, oblate ; green 

 in the shade, red in the sun ; flesh very crisp, very tender and 

 delicate, sprightly, and of a fine, pleasant flavor. One of the 

 most highly esteemed early winter apples of Southern Virginia, 

 closely resembling the Fall Cheese, but a longer keeper. Be- 

 comes mealy and insipid after maturity. 



Winter Pippin of Geneva. Large, oblate, slightly angular ; yellow, 

 with a crimson cheek sparsely covered with grey dots ; stalk 

 small, cavity narrow ; calyx open, segments long ; basin open ; 

 flesh yellow, tender, vinous, excellent. Ripens through winter. 

 Tree and fruit resemble Fall Pippin. (C. Downing.) 



Wood" 1 * Greening. Large, roundish, a little oblique, slightly flat- 

 tened, obscurely conical ; pale green, smooth ; stalk very short, 

 cavity acuminate ; calyx rather large, basin distinct, slightly 

 plaited ; flesh greenish white or nearly white, fine grained, slight- 

 ly crisp, tender ; flavor very agreeable, mild sub-acid, first-rate, 

 but not very rich. 



YELLOW BELLFLOWER. (Bellflower, Yellow Belle Fleur.) Large, 

 often quite large, oblong-ovate, apex quite narrow and conical, 

 more or less irregular ; surface pale yellow, often with a blush ; 

 stalk slender ; basin ribbed ; seeds long ; flesh very tender when 

 ripe, fine grained, crisp, juicy, acid, becoming sub-acid, excellent. 

 Keeps through winter. Shoots yellowish, rather slender ; growth 

 of the tree rather upright ; succeeds best on rather light soils. 

 Adapted to the climate of the Northern and Middle States, as far 

 south as Kentucky, but fails by premature dropping in many 

 localities. More tart and less rich in cold summers, and far 

 North. Hardy at the West. 



YELLOW NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Medium, or rather large, roundish, 

 oblate and oblique,' more or less flattened ; yellow, with a brown- 

 ish red cheek, purplish before ripe ; stalk very short ; flesh firm, 

 crisp, with a rich, mild flavor. Closely resembles the Green New- 

 town Pippin, and believed by many to be identical, differing only 

 by a warmer exposure. It is fairer in some localities than the 

 Green, but is usually inferior to it in flavor. 



C. Downing gives the following distinguishing points between these 

 two sub-varieties : " The Yellow is handsomer, and has a higher 

 perfume than the Green, and its flesh is rather firmer and equally 



